Printing type



April 5, 1932.

C. R. MURRAY PRINTING TYPE 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Jan. 16, 1929 April 5, 1932. c. R. MURRAY 1,853,019

PRINTING TYPE Filed Jan. 16, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 nErnHlJKN aniram K Se inclusive, are

Patented `Apr. .5, 1932 CHARLES` y1a. MURRAY; oF; cialoaso;Y

ILLINOIS,-y ASSIG-NOR -T0 BARNHART A Orefice' BROS. & i

SPINDLER, GF'CHICAGO; ILLINOIS, ACORPORATION 0F NEW vJERSEY kPRINTING. TYPE u.flpplieation mea January 1e, 1929.1 serial No.` 332,823.

My invention.y relates to printing/type, andI especially to such as arey usedfor what are called scare-heads in newspapers.

The invention relates to thesubj ect matter '.i; of an application of mine liled J une 21, 1926,

Serial-No. 117,261, printing type and system fordesignating same, and is, to a certainfeX- tent, a division and a continuation of said application. In said application I showed printing type especially intended to be used for headlines, or scare heads,'in newspapers and consequently of large size, and saidftypes are shown arranged in certain sets of series. In the present application I .show different letters of the alphabet, whereas in the other application only one letter isshcwn. Y In the accompanying drawings: y Figl is a view'of certain type arranged to illustrate the invention; y Fig. 2 is a view of certain other type for the saine purpose,

VFigs. 3 and 4 are views of still other type ,Y illustrating the invention; 25a

Fig. 5 is a cross section taken on line 5-5 in Fig. 4;

Figs. 6, 7, 8,-*9 and 10 are views of type arranged to further illustrate the invention.

eferring to the drawings, Figs. l to 5, the figures included in my said other application, Serial No. 117,261. In these figures, Fig. l shows five rows of type of one letterg'for example, the letter H,

p In each of these rows the letters are all of 35'? the same height but of Vdifferent widths. In the successive rows, considered downwardly, the types are successively higher. The corresponding types in the several rows are of the same width.

0; The types of the may be consideredto be may be designated by the 1. his is indicated at `'of th rst or uppermost row 8 line types and arbitrary symbol the lefthand side nated by arbitrarysy1nbols,a symbol for f each type. For instance,the first or narrow!Y e first or uppermost row of type in Fig.- Y i"1. The width of the type may also be desigto be 10 line, which may-be indicated by the arbitrary symbol 2, 'as indicated at the lefthand side of thesecond row in Fig. 1., The width of these type in the second row, corresponding as it does to the' width oft-he type inthe first row, would beindicated'byjthelsame arbitrary symbolsC,"D,E, and so on. Similarly, 12:line typemaybey indicated by the arbitrarysymbol3and the width `of 'different ltypes by the symbols mentioned 15 line bythel arbitrary symbol: 4, 18 line bythe symbol 5, andso on, with'widths indicated accordingly. Y Y Y In Fig. 2is shown/the narrow letters,thef Is and'Js, which are'ordinarilyone-half the width or set ofthe regular type such as the hsshown1in 1. In F ig. 3 several 0s are shown, which arev ordinarily onefandz onefhalf/theregularset orfwidth.

Ifnl the type shown in theseifigures these arbitary symbols indicating height andwidth are preferably applied physically tothe typethemselves. Th'e drawings show, for eX- ample', onthe rst rowf of lis, thev words Similarly type inl secondy row is markedf 10i line, No. 2, C, D or E?, and yso on. Thisinarking'may'fbe bymeans of small lettersl a lformed. on the typ'e themselves inf. convenient places, preferably between some.: Si? of the strokes, or portions 'of the printe'diface.. of the type. 'n y 4 In Figs. 6 tolO, inclusive, I' showftypeare ranged to indicate the use of thev invention.y in connection withv the typealrrangey alphabetically, landi also-'the use oftheinvention: with reference-t0 the actual physicalk markings `on the type themselves." "Foifinst'ancey in Fig. 6 Ishow aiportionofthe alphabety set in type, which maybe-considered .to 8 lin-e or No 1 type. vThis 1nay"`becon`-'? sidered to'be width indicated .by .7 inFig. 1V and hence theA typ-e of this'Figf 6 YKwould be@` known' as Series C type, 8 line, or-N^o:-il"...

Fig. Tshows the same widthjofrtypev as" Fig.4 Sand hencethe type of? this VF ig.i7"wouldf also be Series C. VThe type of Fig. .7,how ever,vis higher, being. lO-lineainstead of 8 line of F ig. y6, andlhence ghistype-oil F ig. 7 would be Series C, 10 li1ie,orfNo.2l.'

Fig. 8 shows type the next size wider than type of Figs. 6 and 7 and this may be designated as Series D. The type of Fig. 8 is 10 line or Nd 2. Type of the next size wider than type of Fig. 8 but of the same height would be Series D, 12 line or No 3. Other series would be indicated eries E, 1() line, or No. 2, Series F, 10 line, or No. 2, and so on; and it may be stated that further series may be used and designated as a continuation of the series, with Figs. 6 and 7 as Series O, 12 line, No. 3; Series C, 15 line, No. 4, and so on.

Fig. 9 shows the next width of type Series E of 8 line or No. 1 height. Other Series E type would be 10 line No. 2, 12 line No. 3 and so on, of the same width as the type of Fig. 9, but of successively greater hei ht.

imilarly, Fig. 10 shows type of Series F, line No. 1. Other type of this Series F would be 10 line No. 2, 12 line No. 3, and so on, for other type of the same width but greater height.

In this way type may be readily designated so that it may be handled and selected to great advantage. Type of this kind is usually used for headlines and the head writers task is simpliied and quickened by the Jfact that he can compute immediately the number of letters to ill a line. Also, he may change type to get headlines of different sized type without rewriting or resetting the copy already prepared or the line, by simply using type of different height of the same series.

Other systems of marking or designation could be used without departing from the invention.

It will be understood that changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. A set of type comprising a plurality of fonts or alphabets, whereof like letters have the same width in the several fonts but have di'erent heights in the diierent fonts.

2. A plurality of sets of type, each set comprising a plurality of fonts or alphabets whereof like letters have the same width but different heights in the fonts of each set but have different widths in the different sets.

3. A plurality of sets of type, each set having like letters of the same width but different heights and the different sets having letters of widths differing from the widths in the other sets but having the same height.

4. Type arranged in different sets whereof type of the different sets have different widths but like type in each set have the same width but diierent heights, and markings upon said sets of type to indicate the same by arbitrary symbols.

5. A plurality practically all the of fonts of type wherein letters in the several fonts 5 are of the same width but wherein the letters have different heights in different fonts.

6. A plurality of fonts of type wherein like letters in the different fonts have the same width but dierent heights and wherein also the letters in the different fonts bear the same arbitrary symbol or character to indicate their width irrespective of their height.

7. A plurality o fonts of type wherein the type in different fonts has the same height but different widths and wherein the type in the dii'erent fonts is provided with the same arbitrary symbol to indicate height irrespective of width.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 26th day of September, A. D., 1928.

CHARLES R. MURRAY. 

